The Field Marshall is the supreme commander of the armed forces of a city. Although he has no responsibility over the treasury or the building of barracks, in times of battle, the Field Marshall is ultimately responsible for leading the legions of a city, for appointing (and firing) the various military positions within the city army and for the declarations of occupation and conquest. The Field Marshall tends to be the individual whose duty it is to layout a city's defensive plan, for ensuring fortifications are properly placed and tended, and masterminding any sphere-of-influence expansion or foreign invasion.
The Field Marshall MUST be well versed in the complexities of Avalon warfare (see HELP 22): if not in offensive and siege warfare then certainly in the direction of a city or territory's defence against invasion. The Field Marshall has the following commands to set up the homeland military:
MILITARY Shows the entire city military command-structure.
MILITARY RECORDS Shows all annually recorded army size/enlistments.
AIDES MARSHALL Lists out those citizens with Field Marshall aideship.
BATTLEFIELD [area] Reviews, as closely as possible, the chosen battlefield.
CCM Speaks to your city military (those of Cadet rank and above).
CCW Speaks on the global military channel (military personnel of all cities).
ENLISTED [year] Reviews domestic enlistments by player for the chosen year.
BRIBED [year] Reviews domestic bribery figures by player for the chosen year.
IMPRESSED [year] Reviews all citizen gauntlet impressions for the chosen year.
STOCKPILE Displays a list of all commodities and military equipment stockpiled.
ARSENAL Lists the military arsenal across home soil and sphere.
MILITARY <rank> <citizen> Bestows the rank to a lucky citizen.
Ranks are: GENERAL, COLONEL, MAJOR, CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANT, CADET and AIDE.
MILITARY UN<rank> <cit> To demote the citizen, removing specified rank.
Ranks listed would be: UNGENERAL, UNCOLONEL, UNMAJOR, UNCAPTAIN, UNLIEUTENANT, UNCADET and UNAIDE.
BATTLEACTIONS and SOIACTIONS are used to review the log of actions for the battlefield and for the sphere of influence of your homeland.
Section 22 (HELP 22) contains full documentation of the Avalon warfare system along with all its commands and facets. These should be compulsory reading for, at the very least, the Field Marshall and the Generals. Generals share the Field Marshall's complete 'authority' over all city homeland legions and battlefield. Colonels enjoy similar 'authority' over all homeland legions not exclusively assigned to be commanded solely by "Authority Figures (as depicted in LEGION INFO <legion>). Authority figures in this context are the Prince, the Field Marshall and those of General rank only.
